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  • PRINCETON: Officials quiet on Dudeck’s future

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Police Chief David J. Dudeck has not communicated to the town whether he plans to retire or fight allegations of administrative misconduct that the police union has lodged against him, administrator Robert W. Bruschi said Monday.    ”We haven’t given him a deadline,” Mr. Bruschi said after he, Mayor Liz…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE:Best and worst of PHS springtime

    By Elena Wu-Yan and Brynne Fahey    The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the flowers are blooming on the front lawn of Princeton High School. Well, not quite. But with an extra hour of sunlight and the first day of spring right around the corner, PHS students are no doubt beginning to feel…

  • PRINCETON: Sequester impact will be slight

    By Oren Fliegelman, Special to the Packet Media Group    Princeton’s finances are likely to escape the federal sequester mostly unscathed, say local officials.    The sequester, a set of severe federal cuts that will eliminate $85.4 billion from the 2013 national budget, was set into motion on March 1 as lawmakers failed to broker a deal…

  • PRINCETON: Giving students a hand up

    PRINCETON: Giving students a hand up

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The idea started 40 years ago with an employee at Princeton High School seeing a need to help low-income students pay for college.    Today, graduates of the high school can count on getting a help from an organization whose name might have changed but whose mission has not.    Known…

  • PRINCETON: Helping preserve history
  • PRINCETON: Democrats supporting incumbents

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton Democrats on Sunday backed incumbents Jenny Crumiller and Patrick Simon for re-election in the race for two Council seats.    Ms. Crumiller and Mr. Simon are up for re-election this year because they drew one-year terms at the Jan.1 Council meeting, when all six members of the governing body…

  • MONTGOMERY: Town looks at cutting residents’ energy costs

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Homeowners could collectively share about a quarter of a million dollars in electric bill savings should the township participate in a local energy savings program that would allow it to shop for a cheaper, third-party energy supplier.    However, the bids from suppliers will be the determining factor of…

  • PRINCETON: Helping preserve history

    PRINCETON: Helping preserve history

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Light snow began to fall Saturday morning over Princeton Battlefield State Park, where a group of volunteers were working to make history more accessible.    ”We’re trying to clean it up as best as we can,” said Philadelphia resident Brian Kovacs, vice president of the Princeton Battlefield Society, as he…

  • PRINCETON: Helping preserve history